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Orlando Magic vs. Denver Nuggets

December 27, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Magic beat the Nuggets 127-126 on 2025-12-27 at home. The Magic started Tyus Jones, Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Paolo Banchero, and Anthony Black. The Nuggets started Tim Hardaway Jr., Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 23 points (10/24) in his matchups, with Wendell Carter Jr. as his primary defender. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 29 points (10/19) in his matchups, with Spencer Jones as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

ORL

Orlando Magic 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Desmond Bane GS	38:05	24	1	6	0	1	4	7-13	0-2	10-10	+15
Wendell Carter Jr. GS	37:49	18	7	4	0	0	6	8-16	1-4	1-2	-18
Paolo Banchero GS	36:00	12	6	6	0	3	4	6-13	0-2	0-4	-11
Anthony Black GS	30:06	38	6	5	2	1	4	14-24	7-11	3-6	+6
Tyus Jones GS	22:42	0	1	6	0	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-12
Tristan da Silva	30:26	17	5	0	1	0	4	7-11	2-4	1-2	+2
Jase Richardson	17:22	4	3	1	1	1	2	1-4	0-3	2-3	+15
Noah Penda	10:15	2	4	2	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	+8
Jonathan Isaac	10:06	5	1	2	4	0	0	1-2	0-1	3-4	+17
Jamal Cain	5:04	7	1	0	0	0	1	2-3	0-1	3-4	-12
Jett Howard	2:05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Totals		127	35	32	8	6	25	46-89	10-29	25-37

Did not play: Orlando Robinson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokić GS	38:01	34	21	12	1	0	4	1	11-22	0-0	12-13	+16
Jamal Murray GS	36:37	24	5	3	0	0	2	3	9-21	2-6	4-4	+6
Peyton Watson GS	34:33	15	5	0	2	0	1	1	6-9	1-3	2-2	+11
Spencer Jones GS	34:27	14	6	3	0	3	2	2	4-7	3-5	3-5	+8
Tim Hardaway Jr. GS	32:48	20	4	2	0	0	0	3	6-14	4-12	4-4	-1
Bruce Brown	26:35	2	3	4	2	0	1	4	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7
Julian Strawther	16:52	13	0	1	0	0	1	3	5-6	1-2	2-2	-13
Jalen Pickett	10:08	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	-8
Jonas Valančiūnas	9:59	4	4	1	0	0	3	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	-17
Totals		126	49	27	5	3	16	23	44-86	11-29	27-30

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Curtis Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tyus Jones · Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black Starter 12.4 min
Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva 7.8 min
Jonathan Isaac · Desmond Bane · Tristan da Silva · Jase Richardson · Noah Penda 7.0 min
Tyus Jones · Wendell Carter Jr. · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva 5.2 min
Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Tristan da Silva · Jase Richardson · Noah Penda 3.2 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 21.4 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 9.7 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Julian Strawther 7.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Julian Strawther 3.2 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther · Spencer Jones 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Magic defense

Nikola Jokić 23 pts (10/24) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Wendell Carter Jr. (59 %, 7 pts) · Paolo Banchero (11 %, 4 pts) · Anthony Black (10 %, 8 pts)
Jamal Murray 20 pts (8/15) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Tyus Jones (27 %, 0 pts) · Anthony Black (16 %, 7 pts) · Tristan da Silva (14 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Desmond Bane	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 25 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Spencer Jones: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Wendell Carter Jr.	Nikola Jokić: 46 poss., 7 pts (3/10) · Peyton Watson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Paolo Banchero	Peyton Watson: 34 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Spencer Jones: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Anthony Black	Spencer Jones: 16 poss., 10 pts (3/6) · Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Tristan da Silva	Jalen Pickett: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jamal Murray: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Tyus Jones	Jamal Murray: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Peyton Watson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jase Richardson	Julian Strawther: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Noah Penda	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jonathan Isaac	Jonas Valanciunas: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Bruce Brown: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jamal Cain	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 5 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Spencer Jones: 2 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Jett Howard	Peyton Watson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Nuggets defense

Paolo Banchero 29 pts (10/19) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Spencer Jones (42 %, 6 pts) · Peyton Watson (27 %, 0 pts) · Nikola Jokić (17 %, 14 pts)
Desmond Bane 17 pts (5/9) in 76 possessions

Guarded by: Tim Hardaway Jr. (39 %, 3 pts) · Spencer Jones (21 %, 4 pts) · Jamal Murray (12 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Wendell Carter Jr.: 46 poss., 6 pts (1/5) · Paolo Banchero: 13 poss., 14 pts (4/9)
Jamal Murray	Anthony Black: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Wendell Carter Jr.: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/5)
Spencer Jones	Paolo Banchero: 31 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Desmond Bane: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Desmond Bane: 30 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Anthony Black: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Peyton Watson	Paolo Banchero: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyus Jones: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Bruce Brown	Jase Richardson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tristan da Silva: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	Tristan da Silva: 12 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Desmond Bane: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Pickett	Jase Richardson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tristan da Silva: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Jonathan Isaac: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jase Richardson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)